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Hastert
- 
Foley
- 
Alexander
- 
Teenage
- 
E-Mail
- Messages
- 2006
Election - 
Illinois
- 
Florida
- 
Louisiana
- "[Illinois
Republican] Hastert clings to power as scandal swirls:
Top Republicans question speaker's inaction on [Florida Republican] Foley
sex messages." ... "House Speaker Dennis Hastert [Illinois Republican]
was fighting for his political life Wednesday after new disclosures surfaced
that his office knew that a Republican House member was sending sexually
provocative messages to underage congressional pages as long as three years
ago." ... "Pressure on Hastert has built since it was reported that an
aide to Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-La. [Republican-Louisiana], complained
last year to Hastert's office about an "overly friendly" e-mail message
that Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., had sent to a teenage male page sponsored
by Alexander. Alexander said he did not ask for any specific action at
the request of the boy's parents." ... "The scandal has reinvigorated the
campaign of Hastert’s Democratic challenger in the November [2006] election,
John Laesch, who said Hastert was “absolutely” guilty of a cover-up Wednesday."
... "Asked whether he believed Hastert was a man of integrity, Laesch told
MSNBC-TV’s Chris Matthews: “I think that this issue has defined the clearest
difference between myself and Mr. Hastert, that being I stand for honesty
and integrity, and I’ll let the voters decide where he stands.”" ... "The
scandal has energized his supporters, said Laesch, 32, a former naval intelligence
officer. “Our phone has been ringing off the hook, and this is they only
thing people want to talk about.”" (1, 2)
-Contributed to by Alex Johnson, Chris Matthews, and
Joe Scarborough -AP
-MSNBC
Mark
Foley - Secret
- E-Mails
- IMs
- 
Lawmakers
- Dennis
Hastert - Thomas
Reynolds
- 
New
York
- Illinois
- 
California
- Florida
- "Dems
Slap GOP for Keeping E-Mails Secret: Democrats Slap
Republicans for Keeping E-Mail Scandal a Secret, Demand Thorough Probe."
... "House Republican leaders should have kept Democrats in the loop and
now must conduct a thorough investigation about the inappropriate e-mails
that led to [Florida Republican] Rep. Mark Foley's resignation, a top Democrat
said Sunday." ... ""This should be investigated objectively. I think the
Democratic leadership should have been told 10 months ago," said Rep. Jane
Harman of California, top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.
"I gather that basically nothing was done except that Foley was warned.""
... "Foley, R-Fla., quit Congress on Friday after the disclosure of the
e-mails to a teenage boy who was a former congressional page and the lawmaker's
sexually suggestive instant messages to other pages." ... "House Speaker
[Illinois Republican] Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., said at first he had learned
only last week about the e-mails Foley sent to a page. Hastert later acknowledged
that aides referred the matter to the authorities last fall." ... "[New
York Republican] Rep. Thomas Reynolds, head of the House Republican election
effort, said Saturday he told Hastert months ago about concerns Foley sent
inappropriate messages to a teenage boy. Reynolds, R-N.Y., is under attack
from Democrats who say he did too little to protect the boy." (1, 2)
-By John Heilprin -AP
via -ABCNEWS.com
Mark
Foley - 
Computer
- E-Mail
- Messages
- Laws
- Children
- 
Politics
- Dennis
Hastert - Illinois
- Florida
- 
Nevada
- California
- Louisiana
- "FBI
looking into Foley computer exchanges." ... "The
FBI is looking at whether former Florida [Republican] Rep. Mark Foley's
computer exchanges with underage House pages broke any laws, an FBI spokesman
said late Sunday." ... "Under fire from Democrats, House Speaker Dennis
Hastert [Illinois Republican] also asked Sunday that [Republican] U.S.
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales - and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement
- look into the case." ... "Foley, a Florida Republican, gave no reason
for leaving but said he was "deeply sorry" and resigned Friday after the
subsequent, sexually explicit instant messages were disclosed by ABC News."
... "Earlier Sunday, Democrats in both chambers, Senate Democratic leader
Harry Reid of Nevada and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California,
called for investigations." ... "Hastert's office said Saturday his office
was contacted last fall by a staff member in the office of Louisiana Republican
Rep. Rodney Alexander, where the page once worked. The boy said in an e-mail
to Alexander's office that the computer exchange with Foley "freaked him
out" and was "sick..sick..sick."" -By Lesley Clark
-McClatchy via
-MercuryNews
Secret
- Mark
Foley - 
Internet
- Messages
- Florida
- Lawmaker
- "Foley's
Behavior No Secret on Capitol Hill: A GOP staff member
told congressional pages to watch out for former Congressman Foley." ...
"It turns out Foley's obsession with 16- and 17-year-old male pages has
been known to Republicans on Capitol Hill for at least five years." ...
"But other than issue a warning, little else seems to have been done about
the congressman." ... "A former page has come forward to tell ABC News
warnings were issued about Foley to the pages in 2001." ... "ABC News has
obtained Internet messages sent by Foley to three different pages after
that warning." ... "Two of them were sent to pages in the 2001-2002 class,
with sexually explicit messages, most too graphic to be broadcast, from
Foley using the screen name Maf54." ... "Former pages tell ABC News the
pages involved with Foley were afraid to offend the powerful Republican
congressman." -By Brian Ross
-ABCNEWS.com
School
- Children
- Internet
- Messaging
- Law
- Politics
- Foley
- Florida
- "FBI
Opens "Preliminary Investigation" of Foley." ...
"The FBI has opened a "preliminary investigation" of disgraced former [Florida
Republican] Congressman Mark Foley over the sexually explicit Internet
messages he sent to congressional pages, all male high school students
under the age of 18." ... "It's possible Foley could be prosecuted under
laws he helped to enact, as the co-chairman of the House Caucus on Missing
and Exploited Children." -By Brian Ross
-ABCNEWS.com
Mark
Foley - Florida
- Children
- 
Enforcement
- Politics
- IM
- "Florida
Republican Foley Resigns From U.S. House Seat (Update2)."
... "[Republican] Representative Mark Foley, a Florida Republican, resigned
his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives today after ABC News queried
him about sexually explicit messages with underage congressional pages."
... "ABC News today said the network had read excerpts of instant messages
provided by former pages who said Foley made references to sexual organs
and acts." ... "[Speaker of the House, Illinois Republican Dennis] Hastert
said he had asked the head of the page board, Illinois Republican John
Shimkus, ``to look into this issue regarding Congressman Foley. We want
to make sure that all our pages are safe and the page system is safe.''"
... "Foley was a member of the House Ways and Means Committee and co-chairman
of the House's Missing and Exploited Children Caucus." -By
Nicholas Johnston and Brian Faler -Bloomberg
Mark
Foley - Internet
- Messages
- Children
- Mental
Health - Enforcement
- Politics
- Fla
- "Exclusive:
The Sexually Explicit Internet Messages That Led to [Republican] Fla. Rep.
Foley's Resignation." ... "Florida Rep. Mark Foley's
resignation came just hours after ABC News questioned the congressman about
a series of sexually explicit instant messages involving congressional
pages, high school students who are under 18 years of age." ... "In Congress,
Rep. Foley (R-FL) was part of the Republican leadership and the chairman
of the House caucus on missing and exploited children." ... "He crusaded
for tough laws against those who used the Internet for sexual exploitation
of children." ... ""They're sick people; they need mental health counseling,"
Foley said." ... "But, according to several former congressional pages,
the congressman used the Internet to engage in sexually explicit exchanges."
... "They say he used the screen name Maf54 on these messages provided
to ABC News."Another
message:
Maf54:
What
ya wearing?
Teen:
tshirt
and shorts
Maf54:
Love
to slip them off of you.
And
this one:
Maf54:
Do
I make you a little horny?
Teen:
A little.
Maf54:
Cool.
NY
- Internet
- Messaging
- Telecommunications
- 
Patent
- 
Search
Engine - 
Business
- "Google
Talk faces patent lawsuit." ... "A New York company
[Rates Technology (RTI)] is suing Google for patent infringement over the
voice-over-Internet portion of its Google Talk instant messaging and voice
chat program." ... "It alleges infringement on two of its patents for minimizing
the cost of long-distance calls using the Internet."" ... "RTI President
Jerry Weinberger returned a call seeking comment on Thursday and said his
firm also has sued Vonage and Cablevision over patent infringement." ...
""When a VOIP call can be transferred to the regular PSTN (telephone network),
the switching of that call infringes our patents," Weinberger said." -By
Elinor Mills -CNET
/News
Microsoft
- IM-Messaging
- Telecom
- Computer
- Business
- "Microsoft,
MCI team on Net phone service: Initial offering to
allow only outbound calls from PC." ... "The agreement, announced late
Monday, gives the Redmond [Washington] company a bigger stake in the consumer
segment of the burgeoning online phone business. But for now, at least,
Microsoft says it will offer only outbound calls from PCs to regular phones
-- unlike some rivals that will offer the ability to receive calls on a
PC from a phone, as well." ... "The decision to partner with a telecom
company could give Microsoft an important ally as it moves further into
the online voice market. The company sees the service as a "natural extension"
of the free PC-to-PC voice and video features already offered as part of
its instant-messaging program, said Brian Arbogast, an MSN corporate vice
president." -By Todd Bishop
-SeattlePI.NWsource
IM-Messaging
- Telecom
- Computer
- Business
- "Yahoo
to offer cheap PC-to-phone calls." ... "Yahoo Inc.
(YHOO.O: Quote,
Profile,
Research)
said the company plans to allow computer users to make and receive calls
from phones at rates that undercut eBay-owned (EBAY.O: Quote,
Profile,
Research)
rival Skype and are significantly below traditional phone companies." ...
"Yahoo said on Wednesday a new version of its Yahoo Messenger text, voice
and video communications software to be introduced in the next few days
will include "Phone Out," with low per-minute charges for calls from computers
to phones, and "Phone In," a low-cost subscription service for phone callers
to call computer users." ... "Blair Levin, an analyst with Stifel Nicolaus
and a former staff member of the Federal Communications Commission, said
in a report to investors that Yahoo's move is part of a broad and growing
challenge to traditional telecommunications carriers." -By
Eric Auchard -Reuters
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